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Live performances:'Street of Dreams' was played live for the first time on January 1, 2001, at the House of Blues, USA (at that time called "The Blues"). In total it has, as of {UPDATEDATE}, at least been played {STREETOFDREAMSSONGS} times.

Lyrics:

All the love in the world couldn't save youAll the innocence insideYou know I tried so hard to make youOoo I wanna make you change your mind

And it hurts too much to see youAnd how you left yourself behindYou know I wouldn't want to be youNow there's a hell I can't describe

So now I wander through my daysand try to find my waysTo the feelings that I feltI saved for you and no one else

And though as long as this road seemsI know it's called the street of dreamsBut that's not stardust on my feetIt leaves a taste that's bittersweetThat's called the blues

I don't know just what I should doEverywhere I go I see youYou know it's what you planned, this much is trueWhat I thought was beautiful, don't live inside of you anymore

I don't know just what I should doEverywhere I go I see youThough it's what you planned, this much is true, oh oh.What I thought was beautiful, don't live inside of you anymore

What this means to meIs more than I know you believeWhat I thought of you nowHas cost more that it should for me

What I thought was true beforeWere lies I couldn't seeWhat I thought was beautifulIs only memories, oh, oh oh, oh oh.

On changing the name from 'The Blues' to 'Street of Dreams': The Blues was my first working title and I was never comfortable with it in the sense that I felt that should be used with a bluesier based song. And here in Hollywood with the walk of fame etc I had always seen that imagery in my head when I think of it. I also like the idea of the song having in affect two titles [mygnrforum, December 12, 2008]

That's definitely one of the places where I tried to play melodically. Axl had the majority of that song written, and I brought in the bridge bass line and progression [Bass Player Magazine, March 2010]

I like playing 'Street of Dreams.' It’s a treat for me to come out and play the piano [Vindy.com, December 2011]

On writing for Chinese Democracy: There was no set formula. People who were in the band at the time tossed ideas around and we'd add parts or drop parts. People would try things on their own and we all contributed in our way and developed the songs into what they eventually turned out like on the album. With “Street Of Dreams” we were just playing around with it and one day I sat down and developed the bridge part and the intro and that became part of the finished song. There was a lot of work to put it together but I think the material worked out really well [Metal Express Radio, May 2012]